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Institutional development · Digital transformation, data and AI · Germany

RWTH Aachen warns central web services may be down over PHP security flaw

RWTH Aachen University said an acute threat from a security vulnerability in PHP may make some of its central web-based IT services unavailable.

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Why it matters: Students and staff who rely on RWTH Aachen's central web-based IT services may find some of them unavailable while the PHP threat persists.

RWTH Aachen University announced on 21 October that it faces an acute threat arising from a security vulnerability in PHP.

According to the university, some of its central web-based IT services may not be available as a result.

Editor’s view

Sarah Williamson, Teaching, Digital and AI Editor

Users of RWTH Aachen University's central web-based IT services may face interruptions to some of them for as long as the university treats the PHP vulnerability as an acute threat.

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